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Facade I Know What You Mean These Words From Dolphus Raymond Not Only Gavescout A Surprise, But Also Started Her First Conver - 227 words
Facade I know what you mean. These words from
Dolphus Raymond not only gaveScout a surprise, but
also started her first conversation with him.
Through Mr. Raymond,Scout was able to see why
people sometimes may act differently in front of
some peoplethan they may usually behave. Before
the trial, Jem explains to Scout that ever since
his fiancee committedsuicide, Mr. Raymond had been
drunk. However, when Scout actually meets
DolphusRaymond, she finds him to be quite sober.
Scout asked why he would want thetownspeople to
think badly of him. Not at all offended like she
expected, he answered,Itain't honest but it's
mighty helpful to folks...you see they could
never, never understandthat I live ...
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A Doll House - 1,407 words
A Doll House Nora Perceived by Other Characters In
the Victorian age many woman were thought of as
mere objects. Most woman has no real social status
and were not allowed to express themselves freely.
A Dolls House, a play by Henrik Ibsen, has brought
controversy to the conclusion in which Nora leaves
her family. Nora perceived in many different ways
is the catalyst that forces Nora to leave her
family. Many people had found it difficult to
understand how Nora could dessert her husband and
children. In the Victorian Age it was not only
unheard of to walk out on your loved ones but
unethical as well. There are many incidents that
inch by inch helps Nora come to the conclusion
that she must le ...
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A Doll House - 1,376 words
... he will use Nora to influence Torvald to
promote him to second-in-command who actually runs
the bank. When he does not get his promotion but
rather a dismissal, out of anger and revenge sends
a letter to Torvald explaining Noras forgery and
lies. Krogstads turning point comes when his old
flame, Christine, comes to him to reconciliate.
She wants someone to love and someone to take care
of and Krogstad fits the description. She explains
that she had to jilt him not because she did not
love him but to marry someone with enough money to
support her family. Krogstad confesses that her
rejection was the beginning of his downfall.
Krogstad is hesitant at first to trust her love
but Christines ...
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A Separate Peace: Chapter 1 - 5,662 words
... truth, the shadowy, elusive truth of an
instant that is already beginning to fade in
memory. Gene is about to make a full
confession--or he thinks he is--when Dr. Stanpole
and the nurse arrive. The following day Finny is
sent home to recuperate. The summer session comes
to an end, appropriately enough for Gene, for
until now summer had represented freedom, sports,
and running outdoors, with Finny as the light and
life of it all. Now all that has changed. A month
later, after a sojourn at home, Gene heads back to
school for his senior year. On the way he makes a
detour to call on Finny. NOTE: The "surprise"
reunion is no surprise to Finny, who appears to
have been waiting anxiously in hop ...
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A Short History Of Antisemitism In Germany - 779 words
A Short History of Anti-Semitism in Germany A
Short History of Anti-Semitism in Germany The
Second World War has left an unmistakable
impression on the whole of Europe that will never
be forgotten. Whether visible to the naked eye, or
hidden in the consciousness of its people, the war
has scarred Europe indelibly. Historically, the
foremost recognizable perpetration against
Europeans was Adolf Hitlers "Final Solution to the
Jewish question". This sophisticated operation of
systematic mass execution was calculated,
organized, and carried out with such horrifying
efficiency that only a madman could have been
responsible for such an act, and Hitler was indeed
mad. However, Anti-Semitism had bee ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front - 688 words
All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the
Western Front Paul Bäumer, the narrator and
protagonist in All Quiet on the Western Front, is
a character who develops extensively within the
course of the novel. As a young man, he is
persuaded to join the German Army during World War
I. This three year ordeal is marked by Paul's
short, but tragic trek into adulthood as he learns
to cope with the trials and tribulations of war.
In the wake of a struggle which claims millions,
Paul loses his precious innocence as he is further
isolated from society and engulfed by bloodshed.
Paul's evolution throughout the novel is a result
of his having to adapt in order to survive. Paul's
experiences in ...
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Andrew English - 485 words
Andrew English AP English Essay All My Sons Arthur
Miller's All My Sons is a perfect example of a
literary work that builds up to, and then reaches,
an ending that simultaneously satisfies the
reader's expectations and brings all the play's
themes to a dramatic conclusion. As the past
slowly bubbles up into the present, the reader
begins to need certain confrontations - and
certain judgments - to occur. The finale that
Miller deftly crafted for this play is filled with
a dramatic irony that leaves the reader thinking.
In the end the wrong has been avenged, and the
inner and outer circles -family and society - have
come crashing together. Even though Miller is slow
to establish his main theme ...
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Applied Nostalgia - 2,248 words
Applied Nostalgia Applied Nostalgia--A Parental
Look Back Without past memories, Americans lack a
standard to base present conditions upon. These
memories lie carefully shuffled and categorized in
the giant shifter called the brain to crudely
approximate the present standard of life. They
hope to draw gratification and fulfillment in the
progression of the quality of their and especially
their children's lives. This innate desire to
compare the past to the present drives personal
and political decisions, especially conservatives
who advocate a change to the policies and values
of the past. Today, the faded memories of an
emerging group of parents of their post-World War
II upbringing, like c ...
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Awakening By Edna Pontellier - 1,092 words
Awakening By Edna Pontellier There are many
important paths that we must follow on our journey
through life. We follow the path without
questioning its intent. The path informs us when
we should learn to talk, to walk, to marry, and to
have children. We are told that we should never
stray from it, because if we do, society will make
it certain that we are bound for damnation. In the
novel The Awakening the main character, Edna
Pontellier, has followed this path without so much
as a fuss. All that changes when Edna is awakened
from a life long slumbera slumber, which she found
repetitious, monotonous, and futile. She discovers
that she is incomplete being just a wife and a
mother. She needs t ...
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Barbie Doll By Marge Piercy - 638 words
Barbie Doll By Marge Piercy The poem, Barbie Doll,
written by Marge Piercy tells the story of a young
girl growing up through the adolescence stage
characterized by appearances and barbarity. The
author uses imagery and fluctuating tone to
describe the struggles the girl is experiencing
during her teenage years, and the affects that can
happen. The title of this poem is a good
description of how most societies expect others,
especially girls to look. Constantly, people are
mocked for their appearance and expected to
represent a barbie-doll-like figure. Few are
blessed with this description. The female gender
is positioned into the stereotype that women
should be thin and beautiful. With this ...
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Blanche, Stellas Older Sister, Until Recently A High School English Teacher In - 1,070 words
Blanche, Stella's older sister, until recently a
high school English teacher in Laurel,
Mississippi. She arrives in New Orleans a
loquacious, witty, arrogant, fragile, and
ultimately crumbling figure. Blanche once was
married to and passionately in love with a
tortured young man. He killed himself after she
discovered his homosexuality, and she has suffered
from guilt and regret ever since. Blanche watched
parents and relatives, all the old guard, die off,
and then had to endure foreclosure on the family
estate. Cracking under the strain, or perhaps
yielding to urges so long suppressed that they now
could no longer be contained, Blanche engages in a
series of sexual escapades that trigger an ...
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Canterbury Tales - 1,005 words
... ee, nor of his wif." (55-56) and the miller
pays heed to this warning, suppressing curiosity
of "Goddes privetee" as regards the flood and
trusting his wife so much as to leave her alone
and independent while he travels on his business.
This blind acceptance of 'Goddes' mysteries and
his wife's deceit leads to his metaphoric and
literal downfall when the tale comes to it's
climax, as the miller falls from the roof, and
again, literally and metaphorically waking up to
find his wife having had sex with another man. The
miller's wife Alison is another character that is
represented using this same process of creating a
stereotypical figure and then adding flaws and
perversions. Alison is pre ...
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Carl Gustav Jung 18751961 Was A Son Of A Minister In Switzerland He Was Born On July 26, In The Small Village Of Kesswil On L - 1,390 words
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a son of a
minister in Switzerland. He was born on July 26,
in the small village of Kesswil on Lake Constance.
He was named after his grandfather, a professor of
medicine at the University of Basel. He was the
oldest child and only surviving son of a Swiss
Reform pastor. Two brothers died in infancy before
Jung was born. Jung's mother was a neurotic and
often fought with his father. Father was usually
lonely and very irritable. When the child could
not take his mother's depressions and his parents'
fights, he sought refuge in the attic, where he
played with a wooden mannequin. Carl was exposed
to death early in life, since his father was a
minister and attend ...
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Causes For Germanies Entry To Ww - 1,236 words
Causes For Germanies Entry To Ww1 Germanies Entry
into World War 1 November 25, 2000 World War One
was caused solely by the aggression of one country
and its allies. It was made possible by the
political, military and economical environments
inside the aggressor country. These all
contributed to the initiation of the First World
War by the then mayor European power, Germany. To
the credit of the Prussians, Germany had the
largest (except for Russia), best equipped and
best-trained army of Europe. With their innovative
use of the heavy machine gun (the Maxim gun) in
protected pillboxes the German quickly had an edge
in over the other European armies. To use this
military might in an effective ...
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Claudius Of Shakespeare Prince Of Machiavelli - 1,203 words
Claudius Of Shakespeare - Prince Of Machiavelli
Every one sees what you appear to be, few really
know what you are, and those few dare not oppose
themselves to the opinion of the many, who have
the majesty of the state to defend them. - Nicolo
Machiavelli, from The Prince Italian political
theorist Nicolo Machiavelli speculated that the
strongest leaders are ones who are able to
carefully balance appearances to his benefit,
strategically using them to strengthen his regime.
If Machiavelli was indeed correct, then Claudius,
from Shakespeares Hamlet, starts off as an ideal
Machiavellian prince. However, as the play
develops, Claudius loses his previously immovable
command and composure, largel ...
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Courtly Love In Chaucer - 1,778 words
Courtly Love in Chaucer Courtly Love in Chaucer In
the "Franklin's Tale," Geoffrey Chaucer
satirically paints a picture of a marriage steeped
in the tradition of courtly love. As Dorigen and
Arveragus' relationship reveals, a couple's
preoccupation with fulfilling the ritualistic
practices appropriate to courtly love renders the
possibility of genuine love impossible. Marriage
becomes a pretense to maintain courtly position
because love provides the opportunity to
demonstrate virtue. Like true members of the
gentility, they practice the distinct linguistic
and behavioral patterns which accompany the
strange doctrine of courtly love. The characters'
true devotion to the relationship becomes s ...
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Dantes Inferno - 1,125 words
Dante's Inferno Dantes Inferno is one of the three
parts of his Divine Comedy. The Inferno is divided
into thirty-four cantos, each containing a
description of a specific region of hell. Sinners
in each area are punished for different sins.
Sinners of lust suffer in upper hell, sinners of
violence in middle hell, and the sinners of fraud
in the lowest part of hell. The sufferings of
these people are portrayed through Dantes eyes as
he descends lower and lower into hell with Virgil,
his helper. The punishment for each sinner
corresponds to the sin that they committed. In
Canto 18, Dante and Virgil travel into the First
and Second Pouch of the eighth circle of hell,
also called Malebolge. This ...
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Democracy Vs Dictatorship - 1,163 words
... still lives will be emotionally scarred
forever. The "great purge" from 1936 - 1939, began
with few show trials that symbolized fair justice
but never provided enough real evidence to base a
conviction on. These trials were for members of
the government who had supposedly plotted against
Joseph Stalin. Following these trials, the secret
police purged all institutions (education, media,
government) of possible threats to the communist
party, and sent millions of people to forced
labour camps. When this horror came to an end in
1939 it was too late for the millions of people
who died, completely innocent of any crime. It is
true that Stalin's reign enabled many people to
learn to read and ...
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Democratic Outlaws - 1,100 words
Democratic Outlaws DEMOCRATIC OUTLAWS ? Pirates,
the outlaws of the sea. If like me, the first idea
that comes to mind regarding pirates is a group of
raiding and plundering individuals. This is due to
today's society glamorizing the pirates as
fascinating characters. Historically, not much
written information has been left behind. The
pirates did not leave ship logs or accounts of
plunders, because it could be used to incriminate
them. Society today has invented the pirates to
fit a romantic mold. Therefore, we grew up
thinking of treasure hunts, sea battles, sword
fights and plank walkers, when in actuality the
pirates of old were loathed by society. During the
Golden Age of Piracy, during ...
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Dubliners - 1,192 words
Dubliners Literature is constantly showing its
readers aspects of people and societies that would
not normally be shown to the public. The various
aspects of society that writers choose to focus on
are done for a reason. Whether or not it is a
positive or negative aspect of society doesn't
hold any significance. The only thing that matters
in society is why writers choose to focus on the
subjects that they do. Most writers are trying to
push their readers further by challenging them
with an aspect that the reader may overlook in
everyday situations. In his Dubliners, James Joyce
uses the function of religion in society to show
how corruption has overtaken the Irish. Joyce
portrays the immora ...
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